42 And 44, High Street

NORTH TAWTON HIGH STREET, North Tawton SS 60 SE 13/115 Nos. 42 & 44 GV II Pair of cottages. Circa late C17 or early c18. Rendered cob walls. Gable ended asbestos tile roof. 2 brick gable end stacks. Plan: each cottage had 2-room plan with larger heated room on outside and stairs behind smaller service room, adjoining at the centre. Exterior: 2 storeys. Symmetrical 4-window front, 2 to each cottage. Circa late C19 or early C20 4-light casements each with door at centre. No. 44 to left has C19 4- panel door, No. 42 has C20 panelled door under gabled doorhood. Interior of No. 42 has narrow chamfered cross beams with run-out stops. Fireplace has rough wooden lintel.

Listing NGR: SS6645101521